Table 1 Primary care - demographic and other information
| Â | Primary care | Undecided | No primary care | Primary care vs no primary care | Primary care | Females vs males | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Females | Males | |||||||
N | Â | 98 | 184 | 229 | Â | 41 | 57 | Â |
Female | Â | 42% | 51% | 49% | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Male | Â | 58% | 50% | 51% | NS | Â | Â | Â |
Age (years) | 18–20 | 0% | 0% | 0.4% |  | 0% | 0% |  |
21–23 | 25% | 14% | 17% |  | 27% | 23% |  | |
24–26 | 19% | 31% | 29% |  | 34% | 9% |  | |
27–29 | 37% | 42% | 39% |  | 27% | 44% |  | |
30–32 | 14% | 10% | 12% |  | 10% | 18% |  | |
+ 32 | 5% | 4% | 3% | NS | 2% | 7% | p < 0.01 | |
Marital status | Single | 70% | 63% | 73% | Â | 66% | 72% | Â |
Married | 30% | 36% | 26. % | Â | 34% | 26% | Â | |
Divorced | 1% | 1% | 0.4% | NS | 0% | 2% | NS | |
Thought of a specialty when started | Yes | 85% | 79% | 82% | Â | 85% | 84% | Â |
No | 15% | 21% | 18% | NS | 15% | 16% | NS | |
When did you start thinking of a specialty? | Pre - med school | 25% | 29% | 26% |  | 27% | 23% |  |
Year 1 | 4% | 4% | 4% | Â | 6% | 2% | Â | |
Year 2 | 4% | 4% | 2% | Â | 3% | 4% | Â | |
Year 3 | 4% | 3% | 5% | Â | 0% | 6% | Â | |
Year 4 | 56% | 42% | 48% | Â | 62% | 51% | Â | |
Year 5 | 9% | 19% | 16% | NS | 3% | 13% | NS | |
Have you changed your mind? | Yes | 61% | 59% | 63% |  | 59% | 62% |  |
No | 40% | 41% | 38% | NS | 41% | 38% | NS | |
When did you change your mind? | Year 1 | 0% | 0% | 2% |  | 0% | 0% |  |
Year 2 | 0% | 3% | 1% | Â | 0% | 0% | Â | |
Year 3 | 2% | 1% | 2% | Â | 0% | 4% | Â | |
Year 4 | 41% | 44% | 42% | Â | 35% | 46% | Â | |
Year 5 | 57% | 52% | 54% | NS | 65% | 50% | NS | |
Specialties under consideration | Family medicine | 16% | 2% | 0% | Â | 14% | 17% | Â |
Pediatrics | 41% | 42% | 24% | Â | 54% | 30% | Â | |
Internal med | 26% | 30% | 32% | Â | 26% | 26% | Â | |
Ob/Gyn | 19% | 20% | 22% | Â | 34% | 7% | Â | |
Emergency med | 4% | 0% | 2% | Â | 0% | 7% | Â | |
Surgical* | 20% | 31% | 31% | Â | 9% | 30% | Â | |
Other | 22% | 44% | 39% | p < 0.01 | 20% | 30% | p < 0.01 | |
High school location | Israel | 97% | 97% | 96% | Â | 95% | 98% | Â |
Other | 3% | 3% | 4% | NS | 5% | 2% | NS | |
High school location in israel | Jerusalem | 32% | 25% | 23% | Â | 26% | 36% | Â |
Central | 29% | 37% | 44% | Â | 31% | 29% | Â | |
North | 26% | 28% | 23% | Â | 33% | 21% | Â | |
South | 13% | 9% | 10% | Â | 10% | 14% | Â | |
Other | 0% | 1% | 1% | NS | 0% | 0% | NS | |
Future residency location | Israel | 98% | 98% | 99% |  | 97% | 98% |  |
Other | 2% | 2% | 1% | NS | 3% | 2% | NS | |
Perferred residency location in Israel | Jerusalem | 28% | 18% | 23% | Â | 23% | 31% | Â |
Central | 22% | 32% | 34% | Â | 13% | 29% | Â | |
North | 17% | 11% | 9% | Â | 23% | 12% | Â | |
South | 1% | 1% | 2% | Â | 3% | 0% | Â | |
Don’t know | 33% | 39% | 32% | p < 0.05 | 39% | 29% | p < 0.01 | |